Giving radio and TV station owners more oomph and “empowering local voices” are two of the big takeaways from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) as the advocacy group for over-the-air media assesses its chief accomplishments of the past year.
The look-back at 2025 is being done through a microsite, accessible by clicking here.
On the mini website tied to NAB.org, the organization led by President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt highlights a year of “unwavering advocacy, transformative innovation and impactful storytelling” from broadcasters across the country.
In particular, the NAB puts its spin on how a Congressional majority supports keeping AM radio in vehicles. Yet, once again, the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is stalled on Capitol Hill and awaits House and Senate floor action. It failed to get a vote in the previous Congressional session.
The association also shared how it sent 238,797 messages to policymakers in favor of modernizing ownership rules; and helped thwart a new effort led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to get the music industry-supported American Music Fairness Act killed through massive bipartisan support of the non-binding resolution known as the Local Radio Freedom Act — a pledge to not vote for any bill that would impose new fees on the airplay of recorded music.
Among the other highlights of 2025 are the fruition of plans to build a Broadcast Positioning System (BPS) through ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast signals, a subject that RBR+TVBR‘s forthcoming Winter 2026 magazine will cover in-depth through a conversation with the NAB’s Sam Matheny.
Lastly, 25 years of NAB’s Broadcast Leadership Training Program was celebrated by the organization.
